Google Doodle your wish for Australia!

Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 08 July 2009 11:06

IT Industry - Market

Google Australia has launched its second Doodle 4 Google initiative for Australian schools, challenging students to design a Google ‘doodle’ inspired by the theme, ‘My wish for Australia’.

The competition is open to year one to 10 students at any school around Australia, and Google Australia’s head of marketing, Jason Chuck, said students were being challenged come up with an “inspiring image of what they wish for their country using the Google logo.”
 
And, there’s a decent sort of prize for the winning student and their school, with the winner having their doodle appear on the Google Australia homepage for millions to see, and $10,000 worth of technology equipment given to his or her school.

Australian artists Ken Done and Anne Geddes, and humanitarian and director of the Global Poverty Project, Hugh Evans, will judge the Australian entries this year, which Chuck says are expected to number in the thousands. 

Chuck says that, from a long-list of 320 entries, the judges will select 32 winners across age groups and states/territories, and public voting will help identify four national winners. 

And, Google's Dennis Hwang, the company's original Doodler, will pick the overall national winner at a gala event in November, with entries to be judged on the basis of artistic merit, creativity, how well their idea is communicated, and the supporting statement which explains the student's wish for Australia.
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